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Item 4CAGENDA ITEM # 4C JiINE 25, 2007 CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH CITY COMMISSION MEETING STAFF REPORT AGENDA ITEM: Uniform Rental and Cleaning for City Employees SUBMITTED BY: Rick Carper, P.E. Public Works Director/~~ DATE: June 13, 2007 BACKGROUND: In accordance with the Northeast Florida Public Employees' Lncal 630 Agreement, the City is required to furnish and clean uniforms for bargaining unit employees required to wear uniforms. The current contract with Cintas Corporation expires on July 31, 2007. Bid number 0607-11 was opened on June 6, 2007. There were two bidders, Cintas Corporation and UniFirst Corporation. Bid terms called for the contract to be awarded to the firm with the lowest average weekly price. That firm was Unifirst at $5.32, vs. $7.48 for Cintas. The current Cintas contract rate is $4.75 per week. RECOMMENDATION: Award the contract to UniFirst Corporation for one year starting August 1, 2007. BUDGET: Uniform Rental and Cleaning is budgeted in the 4400 accounts of several departments/divisions: Streets and Maintenance, Stormwater, Water Production, Sewer Treatment, Water Distribution, Sewer Collection, Parks and Recreation, Beautification and Finance. There are approximately 36 unifornied employees in the bargaining unit, for an estimated City- wide annual cost of $10,000. ATTACHMENTS: Bid Tabulation Sheet REVIEWED BY CITY MANAGER: June 25~h2007 Regular Meeting c d to Q m D Y O ra ~~ 0 d~ m ,;° o ~ c o y N {p~t0 w ~ m Q ~ c O ~ ~ ~, m V ~ 0 ._ .s eva w c O U l0 3 c c Q r O 0 m rr li X X X X X X X Z c ~ ~ y ~ ~ X X X X X X X Z ti V ~ E ~, o u. y c m ~ ~ ~ m d U ~ C ~ ~ C Y U ~ N o Q ~ ` s E O ~ p U ~ •- ~ ~ .~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~_ • co U w c ~ U cn ~ ~ ~ E ~ C f ~ U w ~ ~ s ~ O O ~ ~ , .~G ` . ~ . Q c ~ ~ ~ o U Q v ~, ~ a ~~ (` ~ ~ LL ~ U ~ l 0 , ` cn ~ o tr ~ o a ¢ a AGENDA ITEM # 4C JUNE 25, 2007 0 a a Q c O .N y .~ E 0 U c .~ ~a C Q c a~ E m a a~ a~ c~ p m 0 f0 Q